Rail-joint.



W. MURPHY & J. MILLER.

RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATlON FILED ocr. 2. @914.

Patented May 23,1916,

tinia s re ra rnn r oration WILLIAM MURPHY .AIID JOSEPH MILLER, OF SCHENEGTADY, NEW YORK.

BAIL-JOINT.

Application filed October 2,

To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that we, WILLIAM MURPHY and Josnrrr MILLER, citizens of the United States, residing at Schenectady, in the county of Schenectady and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in rail joints, and the object of the invention is to simpity and improve the existing art by constructing a joint of two railway rails which shall be cheap, simple and thoroughly effective,

With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawing: Figurel is a perspective view of two rails connected in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view approximately on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the chair members looking toward the inner face thereof, Fig. is a detail perspective view of the end of a rail whl may be'employed.

Referring now to the drawing in detail, R-R designates two rails of the ordinary construction, the same having th ir webs, ad iacent their ends, provided with the usual bolt rcceivin g openings The chair for connecting the rail ends comprises two similar sections each designated by the numeral 8. Each oi the chairs comprises a base at having its longitudinal edges notched for the reception of securing spikes, and the said longitudinal edges are formed with inwardly extending angular flanges 6 which rest under the base flanges of the rails. Longitndinally extending plates 7 are formed integral with the angular plates. The inner faces of the vertical lon 'itudinall extending )lates 7 are pro- D O l. vided with vertically extending spaced grooves 8 provlding vertically straight ribs 8 which abut with the sides oi the webs of the rails and r1 the said rails with res met Specification of Letters latent.

1914. Serial N0. 864,677.

to the joint The plate 7 has bolt openings which pass through the reduced portions thereof provided by certain 01 the grooves 8, and which register with he elongated bolt openings in the webs of the rails. Bolts 9 pass through the openings in the webs of the rails, while looking nuts 10 engage with the threaded ends of the bolt. If desired, and as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the dr wings, the webs of the rails may be likewise formed with vertically extending grooves 11. The ribs between the grooves 11 may on age with the vertical plates of ordinary angle bars, and the edges provided between the ribs of the grooves will have a. tendency to prevent the longitudinal movement of the said angle bar ,as do the said corners or edges provided between the grooves S and the ribs 8 of the angle bars previously referred to,

it is to be understood that while the chair plates bear sulilciently against the rails to prevent the creeping thereof, the said en gageinent is not suiiicient to interfere with the contraction and expansion of the rails.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is:

The combination with two alining rails, of angle members arranged upon the opposite sidcs of the rails, said angle members having their vertical plates provided with vertically extending spaced grooves forming intcr cnin ribs, and securing elements passing through the grooved portions of the plates through the bolt openings in the rails for securing the plates upon the rails.

In testimony whereof we ailix our signatures in presence oi two witnesses.

lVILLIAM MURPHY. JQSEPH MILLER. Nitn csses Jae. P. HEEKIN, NM. SEMPLE.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

